Oriental Customs: Or, An Illustration of the Sacred Scriptures by an Explanatory Application of the Customs and Manners of the Eastern Nations and Especially the Jews, Therein Alluded To. Collected from the Most Celebrated Travellers, and the Most Eminent Critics, Volume 1C. Whittingham and sold by Williams and Smith, 1807 - Bible |
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Page 107
... SEAL , the Lord knoweth them that ARE HIS . Hurt not the earth , nor the trees , says the angel in the book of Revelation , until we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads . This seal , we are told , is their father's ...
... SEAL , the Lord knoweth them that ARE HIS . Hurt not the earth , nor the trees , says the angel in the book of Revelation , until we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads . This seal , we are told , is their father's ...
Page 108
... seal Le - hovah , the Lord's , not only say's they are his , but it is also their memorial through the hidden period , that he will appear , and receive them unto himself , and in this way the seal itself has in it the nature of a ...
... seal Le - hovah , the Lord's , not only say's they are his , but it is also their memorial through the hidden period , that he will appear , and receive them unto himself , and in this way the seal itself has in it the nature of a ...
Page 111
... chief minister put his own seal upon it ; nor was any omitted of all those knacks and curiosities , which the oriental people make use of in making up their epistles . " " The general threw himself at his majesty's feet , JOB . 111.
... chief minister put his own seal upon it ; nor was any omitted of all those knacks and curiosities , which the oriental people make use of in making up their epistles . " " The general threw himself at his majesty's feet , JOB . 111.
Page 112
... seal upon a handful of clay , with which they cover the lock of the door . This doubtless is what is referred to in these words , it is turned as clay to the seal . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 457 . No. 167. - xli . 1. Canst thou draw out ...
... seal upon a handful of clay , with which they cover the lock of the door . This doubtless is what is referred to in these words , it is turned as clay to the seal . HARMER , vol . ii . p . 457 . No. 167. - xli . 1. Canst thou draw out ...
Page 157
... seal upon it ; if not , he returns it torn to the peti- tioner . Hence we learn wherein the wickedness of those persons consisted who wrote those decrees to be thus au- thenticated or annulled by great men . The latter only confirmed or ...
... seal upon it ; if not , he returns it torn to the peti- tioner . Hence we learn wherein the wickedness of those persons consisted who wrote those decrees to be thus au- thenticated or annulled by great men . The latter only confirmed or ...
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Page 311 - And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 66 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 243 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed ; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt.
Page 376 - Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: 2.
Page 286 - And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.
Page 310 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 222 - This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it ; because the Lord, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut.
Page 141 - In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened. And the doors shall be shut in the streets when the sound of the grinding is low...
Page 398 - And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads ; and that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
Page 297 - And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.